The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-06-09
BRLC-A.BRAC.
a LITTLE LADY.


In all the world so SWCGtl
Her name? The roses tell you!
'Tis the blackbird's tune!
This smiling little lady
Is just our own dear June!
Bonds of niquity-Defaulting bonds.
Nip and tuck-What the drcssmakcr
docs.
Should telephone appliances come under
The head of hoilo ware?
An overflow mecting-That Of two gush-
ing mNidcns after long separation.
Grand temples arc built Of small stones,
and great lives made up Of small events.
Cure for dyspepsia-Givc n hungry dog
a piece OF meat, and chase him till he drops
From smart boys composition on ba-
bcs: "Thc mothers heart gives 4th joy at
the baby's 1st eth"
Woman loses considerable time before
the looking glass, but man loses more be-
| fore the social glass.
If tramps would only scour tin-pans as
thoroughly as they do the country, how
useful they would be.
Are fat men likely to be better men than
their lcancr ncighbors? 1t is certainly dnl
cult tor fat man to stoop to anything low
sec that genius has constructed an
engine of paper" Yes; wonder what kind
of an engineer Stationary, of course"
Satan would have to skip around pretty
lively to find mischief enough for ali 'thc
hands that are 'idlc"-to do.
lady may surely be expected to make
great noise in the world when her dress
is covered all over with buglcs.
Dcspisc not the day Of small things; the
ballot OF the small man counts just as much
IN the returns as the vote of the giant
In England people never "go to bed"
| they 'rctirc. Moreover, they never "gct
up; they "dcsccnd' in the morning.
1t is very bad taste for wife to growl nj
her husband for tracking mud into the
hOusC-for what is home without its mud
der?
Sunday school teacher Uo All Sin, the
landryman)--Wha are the wages of sin?
All Sin-SlcVcnty. five cents a dozen No
| chcCkCc no waShcc
| Chinese are said to live on next TO moth
| ing, hut they arc Sybaritcs in comparison
with New York Italians, who support an
entire family on So a wcch
| The most absent, minded of men is the
professor who, when he hears himself
Knocking the ashes out Of his pipe, will
cry, Come in.
ing each others feet under the table Sc
crct lclrgraphy," said she. Communion
| of Solcs, sail he.
The blacksmith is a queer fellow. When
he goes on strike he refuses to strike, and
| when hc refuses to strike he keeps on strik-
ing.
A lady says this talk about when girls
ought to marry is sheer nonsense. The
| question is not when they ought but when
they can.
| The government has sent one million
young Shad TO the Pacific Coast. If they
do well people there can pick Il bone with
the Chinese us often as they like.
"Why is Il young ladys' are after she
| reaches twenty-five like Il floral wedding
hclI?' asks IN outsider. And he says it is
1 'bcrauSc it is never told"
a Connecticut woman claims to be III
years old, and she probably is, for we sec
by the papers that she knows how to make
old'iaShion pumpkin pics.
A widow Of forty-siN, who has had TWEEN
| ty-onc children, wants another husband.
One vino has had experience in running an
orphan asylum preferred.
1t is estimated that one million house
cats are used for the fur trade annually.
so they do not mystcriously disappear
| lltlIl lHt DdtlN lcnCc Ill VAN.
"G"t On your husbands cravat, haven't
YOU" asked nCighbor Of Mrs. Billlins.
GrN, replied Mrs. B. sadly; its the
only Tie there is between us now"
Shc-llc's a very knowing dog; why,
when it's ten o'clock papa always closes the
| house, you know, and then Carlo borks.
| nc IS going to bark now.
"San, why are lawyers like fshcs?" 81
Il Il a.
"Why don't you see? Cause dcy am 50
fond ob debate"
| Delightful Observation-Disclosures of n Ger.
man professor. PrOfcssor-What a couplC
Of bonnie little children, dear baroness,
Twins, suppose? Baroncss--You have
guessed rightly. profcssor--Arc they both
yours?
| Some one who asks. "Will hair grow
after death?" seems to be troubled With n
suspicion that bald headed angel would
look rather peculiar.
''lf man could only catch fish rs easily
as he can lie about it," lamcnts an editor
| lie could, II he only understood fishing rs
well rs me does lying,
Shops that sell at fair profit have no mar
gin with which to give away" articles &c
| their customers. These SO called gifts arc
the result of an ovcrcharge or sacrifice OF
good material.
1t has been decided that hereafter brides
cake cannot be sent through the mails in
letters, as the regulations prohibit the send
ing Of packages which weigh more than 4C
pounds by mail.
Two fair white arms are around nv neck
Her lips to mine she doth fondly press.
And know she is trying to get that check
promised last week fora new silk dress.
"roba' co kills s>ocp- ticks" according
to nm agricultural cXci Pngc. Then by ali
! means provide your shccO with tobacco. 1t
is true that it is n filthy Nabt, but it must
| be preferable to ticks.
"WOmcn arc not inventive, as a rule, u
says writer. Any married man whose
wife inycnts new hiding-placc for his
pipe and slippers every day will not agree
with this statement.
A German prima donna remarks that in
the Fatherland the ladies believe exercise is
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